There is a company out of California, called NovexComm. They manufacture,
and sell various rack mounting options for radio equipment such as Icom,
Collins, Drake Kenwood, Ten Tec, JRC, etc. You may have seen their racks
for the Icom R7000, R7100, and R75, on eBay.

I emailed them yesterday, inquiring about rack options for the newer Uniden
BC780XLT, BC796D, etc. I received an immediate reply from Dick Robinson.
He claimed there is a significant start-up cost, every time they offer a new
model, for design, and tooling, and that they can't even consider it, unless
there was an initial demand for 50 units.

I currently own two Unidens, a friend of mine owns four, and I noticed the
guy at MilAir Comms (http://www.milaircomms.com/ ) owns seven Unidens, in
that form factor. I think as popular as they are, coming up with an order
for 50 might not be out of the question.

I'm thinking, it would be really cool to have maybe one that holds a radio,
and a speaker (which he provides also). Or possibly one rack, that holds
two radios!

Check out his web site, and pictures. Use your imagination, as to how neat
your Uniden's would look, mounted by this method. Let me know what you
think. Maybe we can stir up enough interest to have them built!

Here is his contact info, if you're interested:

NovexComm
Richard Robinson
K4EIH/6
2978 Luna Ave.
San Diego, CA 92117-2512
http://www.novexcomm.com


Thanks,
Bill Crocker

On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:19:33 -0500, "Bill Crocker"
wrote:

There is a company out of California, called NovexComm. They manufacture,
and sell various rack mounting options for radio equipment such as Icom,

Rack mounts are good, but the speakers are EXTRA crappy. Poor audio
quality and even worse output.

Better off going with a Motorola or GE speaker and mounting them on
a rack blank. Sound quality is much better.

I inquired from him about the scanner rack mounts as well.

They DO make generic rack shelves with blank fronts that you can
drill and cut yourself with mimimal effort, and they are MUCH cheaper
than a custom run.

All somebody has to do is make and sell a drilling/cutting template.